UTCzech III

Three Sunken Engines IPA, Iron Rail Brewing

Helianthus Gold Belgian Blonde at Iron Rail Brewing, Topeka

Had planned on being here last year but COVID…. Honestly, wife and I had been trying to do 50 (states) by 50 (years); didn’t quite make it (55 now) so catching up, knocked out Neb., South and North Dakota, and Minn. on this trip. Hit Rushmore, Custer SP, Crazy Horse, Devil’s Tower last week, then Medora, Teddy Roosevelt NP, Fargo last night, Fergus Falls tonight, back down to Topeka tomorrow and back home to Tejas on Saturday.

Fergus Brewing Bawk Bach Maibock

Going to Union Pizza and Brewing Co. this evening, will report back later

Cool, will look for that one (Nautical Disaster?)

Picked these up in North Dakota, addictive

Lake of the Woods Brewing - Lakeside Kolsch by the pool in Fergus Falls, MN

Grapefruit Supreme from Surly Brewing at a Fargo Red Hawks game

Fargo Brewing Stone’s Throw Scottish Ale

Bell’s Two Hearted Ale IPA at The Bison Turf in Fargo, ND across the street from NDSU

Done hiking in Teddy Roosevelt NP, pool time

Checking in from Medora ND

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Cool, I’ve got one of those too... slight modification.

84-89 here, we were shitty, but we DID beat those cOcksUckers in 89, Gardere to Johnny Walker FTMFW.

Couple of "new" videos and the stories behind them, pretty interesting... https://www.vhnd.com/2021/06/06/unearthed-lost-van-halen-dinosaur-video-surfaces-after-40-years/ https://www.vhnd.com/2021/06/07/unearthed-eddie-van-halen-playing-amsterdam-at-5150-in-1987/?fbclid=IwAR3JtRntrVutQcW8eI2aJhGiMSSenYmJE3rqJdz_Wskw2RqfRubO_gz8Oi0

Jimmy McGill with the long con

My wife grew up watching Uncle Jay and Packer Jack here in Austin, and had this 45 as a kid. She’s been telling me about it forever, impossible to find much info on but found a seller on Discogs in the UK that had a copy, so I bought it as a surprise for her. Paid about $33 for it (probably cost 50 cents when it came out), but worth it, she was super happy and it is near mint, no pops or scratches at all, very clean copy. And it kicks ass btw.

Funny, I was just coming here to post this, never seen this one before. From 1986 (went down a rabbit hole while searching for info on Dave's guitar tone on Paul McCartney's "No More Lonely Nights" single and wound up finding this...) Some nice variances during the 2nd solo, does a couple of things I haven't heard on other recordings... it's a good version.

Late lunch

Sound isn't that great, but had a lot of fun yesterday playing our first church picnic in years, down in Serbin outside of Giddings.

nsiap, seems to fit the "cult" category

https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/blondie-parallel-lines-lp-best-pressing.80103/

This is more growing up poor as opposed to weird family recipes.. Cheap tuna casserole - cook a box of Kraft mac and cheese, leave it in the pot, dump in a can of tuna and a can of mushy canned peas, mix and eat "Hash" - brown some hamburger meat with onions and bell peppers, cut up 3 or 4 potatoes, throw it all in a soup pot, cover in water and cook until potatoes are mushy and bell peppers turn to slime, add tons of salt and pepper because my mom and step-dad smoked like chimneys and had no taste buds Lays potato chip sandwiches, just chips and bread Warm tortillas with butter (well, margarine, who could afford butter?) (and no, we did not sprinkle sugar and cinnamon on it, that's why God made cinnamon toast) An open face grilled cheese? Piece of bread, slice of cheese on top, pop in the toaster oven until cheese just starts to turn brown, ate that everyday after school My step-grandma, bless her she was so country, used to make this pseudo-Watergate salad, lime green jello mixed with cottage cheese, pineapple chunks, pecans, shredded carrots and raisins - ugh Did I eat it, yeah My mom used to make homemade salad dressing, miracle whip, ketchup, a little worcestershire sauce and garlic powder mixed together, 500 islands maybe?